The final flight of Europe’s Vega rocket lifted off Wednesday night from French Guiana, carrying an important environmental monitoring satellite for the European Union’s flagship Copernicus program.

Since its first launch in 2012 from French Guiana, Europe's Vega rocket system has been instrumental in helping put multiple satellites in low Earth orbit with only a single launch. The Vega-C rocket ...

A European Vega-C rocket will launch tomorrow carrying the Sentinel-1C mission into orbit in the rocket’s first return to flight since it failed in 2022. The European Space Agency (ESA) is launching ...

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The European rocket lifted off for the first time in 2022, but a troubling motor issue led to a mission failure. Reading time 2 minutes Europe’s much-needed launch vehicle Vega-C had a less-than-ideal ...

The European Space Agency is hoping to return its medium-lift launch vehicle to the pad by the end of the year. Reading time 2 minutes The European Space Agency (ESA) announced the results of a months ...